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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1990)
nOregon Daily_ v Emerald ! hui'scl.i v. \liiri h .!'! I'i'Hi Kunt'm*. ()n’>{tin \ olumc u 1 \umliei 1 l‘t vii in ViHI _ Brain trust Xleinheis nl n college bon I te.1111 nude up of I ni\ ersiti Int ull\ 1 niu entr.ite .u tlie\ (Dill pete , lit, 1 ills! tile ten 111 til ••tin lent-* hi‘,11 lei I In the nntintul t iillipetitioll I he -*1 title nt lentil f irm ed 1 it torions I’hoto I>\ Sli'|ih,mir 11<>11.111 (I Lesser quality faculty risk of low financing B\ Stephanie1 Holland I merald Reporter 111 v* I * * * i edm ation * 'ham elloi Hiomas Bartlett said on \Yed liesdax tli.it Unless tin* stair stabilizes and imam r. 'K higher I'diii aliuii system tt max hi tint i‘d to a< i ept a lessei ijuald\ fit iai tiltv and students Hatti»'tf spoke af the fourth t;ii uni in a series sponsored hv tile I at nils Senate that hosts speakri . id iuteiest to the I 111 \ i*cs»l\ r Diiiuuimtv the state must leplemsh the he:hei edm alum i ajutal depie I lafed during the IMHO-. he said We vc i'.ii! In go hark and strengthen verx ieiiti.il tilings and people Bartleft said Allot at mg monev lot t.u ult\ salaries is the most important 1 Thom,is Bartlett issue hr said \ f ta *t '|»r,ikmg f" t hr sl.itr linrii’rlM V lin.ml on M.O'» h 1 « lurn to Bartlett, Page 14 White Bird Clinic's services diversify over time Twenty years later clinic still helps those in need I Bv P.H Mal.u h f merald Reporter I ni I hi- past I I years Hob l)iil/ has been working .11 till mi: m tin-1 i,n ks \s ! oonlimiloi fui U hit. Bird < linn I )nl/ nvcrsirs 4 \ 4 rietv ot different medical anil social programs serving mm muniiv segments that might 1 it herw 1-4- 111- Ueglec Ic'd Its a hamllul ot St lift w i- do lii-rr 1 Jr i t z said ( )\or t \\ fill \ yrars hi- have lillc'd a lot ot 1 141 ks tn tin- 1 nmmuttiH U e have i-ildrii up doing a lot ot things tin ausi- there are a lot ol i rai ks lust about everything we do nobod\ else does I bat s u h\ we re doing it be said When the 1 linn began over twenty years ago it was truly .1 grassroots setup, Drit/ said I be idea for t lie i 11 n u came troili a tew I Diversity graduate students some < punter a ulture activists ot the tills and a lot ol doctors and lawyers from the 1 (immunity "It was - art ol put togetlier from those three i orners I fl it/ said " I be model lb.it lhe\ first started with was a street medical 1 linn m the model ot tile Haight Ashbury 1 him in San I rant iscn I he clinii diret tors soon saw a need to deal with the effects ot the grow ing numbei of pen pie experimenting with new drugs "Nobody knew bow to ban die it and the professional pen pie didn't want to touc h it Dial/ said "We sort ot jumped into that vacuum in terms ol doing that White Bird responded in 1‘Mi‘i hv ottering a t«• 11*p111jin• hiil 11n«‘ Ini ilruy i mu n ns I )i It/ said tin' drug hotline expanded into a total i risis hotline u hell till1 stall began In reieise i .tils de.ding with [ierson.il and men lal health problems and Mill ide issues Tile original building that housed While Bird was on Ian ruin Street neat WOW Hall I he i linn is now i omposed of three separate buildings I he friedH al i 11 nM Is Iih aled at al'I I - 1 till St It [it'ov tiles prtmars niedif al i are |ust like a Iannis praitii e doctor's ollli e would I It it/ said 1 lie diflerein e is the i linn ( atei S to people with hunted i it llo mimes lie said lint/ said about half ol the patients re < e» e tree treatment and tile othet hall are billed on a slid mg si ale a< i nrding to then re soon es "What's a little more extern sis e is we also keep a small kill orators and dispensars there lint/ said With people ssitli out mimes d sou send them oil to get meilii aliuii cm lab work done somewhere tlies i an t meet the lull there, so ss e s e wasted oil I t line 1 lie i linn is able to remain independent bet ause ol the di verse and broad based binding tlies receive, lint/ said White Bud is funded through dona lions Irum churches corpora turns anil from lot a! fratern.il organizations This also re (eise binding from bain I mm ts the ( ities ol Kugene and Springfield and from the state "Historu alls part ol what sse has■- found is tii.it it < an he very complicated to get bind ing from a lot nt soon es Drib :...■-. ? I'holu In Vtrfi tin | hu-l Huh I frits, is i iionlin.itnr til the White Hint (Unit. it hit li ret ently t elehr.itetl its Jtttli .mnners.i r\ Drits li.is it tirkeil there hir 11 til tluise years. si!id “Hut it means that m> t><><!\ < an [Hill tin' run nut limn iiinliT von .uni nohods i in stall pulling slimes It vmi keep a imiaii base nn une smil'ie lias undue i mitrol u\t't your Inline in bow \ou handle tilings Hie ( uunseling ullii es tin White Hiril are i out,lined in two buildings at 12 I and t I ! I 12th St Serve es provided there iik lude the drug treat nielli i enter tile at lipuiu title detoxdii ation program. the homeless issues ottii es. the i n sis prevention program, and the intormation and referral servile White Mini is also a lir.elised state si bool in i iisis pretention training “What we do with the si bool is we don't ( h.11 «<• (union He ask lll.lt (IIK e |»<■«»p11• .lit* trained th.it they hivi* it Ii.ii k into vol unteer t i rm I )rit/. said Si Mill* ol that work Is l**al hands on work so we div idi* it hi*1 wi*i*11 i lass work and ai tiial expel ll'lll i* l)rit/. addl'd that about till) Milunti‘i*rs per visit an* Ir.iiiuid at their school lb* i*stiin.ili'il about 1(1 pert imit ol tin isi- \ ol Unti'iTs ari' I 'imrrsitv students I'lll4 ( I ISIS Assist.Illl I- I ll'lp inir out iiii thf Streets Instil ■ 111a11• *l s ari' lot ati'il at tin- Util Avenue buildings also ( A 1 It )CITS is mu’ i it Ihi' ri'i i'lll i'di tioiis to tin' Whit*' Hud Clinic s list ol services I hi' program is .n tuallv part ol thr i 11\ s 'ill emergent \ ri'sponsi' system \\ l' gel 11 Isp.ltl Ill'll i III I l III I dlls (list Ilk. till1 |)i)li( r illi I h it/ said We work u itli the i .ills th.it aren't priinarih i mil Hi.ll. .1 Ini ill .ili <'In11 sulisl.iiii !• .ilillsi' i .ills. .1 lot ill lllrlll.il llf.iltll ,111(1 rmolicill.il <11st 111 li.lIII r ps\c hiltll r|ilsuilr i .ills lieighhul disputes siiinr Ini low 1111 mi iliinirstic .those .mil sc mu' ilr.itll nut II rs Dill/ s.nil mam nl thrsr i alls i an hr hilllilli'il lirttri h\ tr.imril i ounsrlors rather Ilian hv polii r Iiltli ns I Ir said hr sri's White Bird as a l.n 11 it.itiit between the groups lhe\ lirlp and the prntrssiiin.il elements nl the ( omtmiiiitv I trit/ addl'd thr ( l.\l 1C )( ) |'S program is thr hest example nl Turn to White Bird, Page !(>